Handbag frame



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w. c. HIERING' HANDBAG FRAME Filed July 15, 1956 IINVENT BY a ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 28, 1937 UNITED STATES I g g 2,103,724

HANDBAG FRAME William C. Hiering, Newark, N. J., assignor to The J. E. Mergott Company, Newark, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application July 15, 1936, Serial No. 90,665

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in frames for hand bags.

Hand bags for ladies are generally provided with a covering material and an inner lining. Heretofore, the lining and covering material have been attached to the bag frame simultaneously, and on one side of the frame, leaving the frame exposed when the bag is opened.

It is an object of this invention to provide a frame for hand bags provided with means for attaching bag covering material to one side of the frame and the lining to the other side of the frame.

A further object is the provision of a bag frame of simple structure which is rigid and having means for facilitating the attaching of lining and bag covering material thereto.

Heretofore, in the usual bag frame, the inner surfaces of the side walls have been exposed necessitating polishing and plating thereof so that they may have a pleasing appearance.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a bag frame in which both surfaces of the side walls are covered, thereby eliminating the necessity of plating and polishing, and requiring only the finishing of the top wall or flange as has heretofore been the case. A further object of this invention is to provide a frame which can be made from a single blank of suitable material, which lends itself well to manufacture by the use of ordinary tools and dies at a minimum cost, and providing maximum efficiency.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hand bag frame embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional-view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a frame member,

Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of the invention,

Fig. 5 is a view of a further modification of the invention, and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-43 of Fig. 5,;of the modified form of the invention in which a single inlay is used for both the bag covering material and the lining.

Referring to the drawing, in Fig. 1 there is shown a bag frame having a pair of U-shaped frame members pivotally connected in a well I known manner. Each frame member has a side wall 6 having the upper edge thereof bent at right angles to the wall 6 to provide a flange T,

which is bent back upon itself to provide an upper 3 wall and flange Bprojecting to the opposite side of wall 6. jecting to one side thereof are tabs 9; aridadjacent to said tabs 9, and projecting to the other side of the wall 6 are similar tabs Ill.

The bag covering material II and inner lining l? are preferably attached to channelled inlays l3. In attaching the covering material to the frame member, the inlay [3 to which the covering material is attached, is placed between tabs 9 and the wall 6, and similarly, the inlay for the inner lining I2 is placed between the opposite side of wall 6 and tabs l0. Tabs 9 and 10 are then pressed towards the wall 6 to tightly hold the inlays in position.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modified form of the invention in which the lower edge of a wall i6 is scalloped to provide tabs I1 and I8 which are bendable in opposite directions to clamp inlays for covering material and lining to opposite sides of wall 16.

In Fig. 5 is shown a further modification in which the inlay for the covering material and. lining is soldered to the lower edge of a side wall of a frame member.

In Fig. 6 is shown cross-sectionally this modified form of the invention in which the frame has substantially the same structure as above described, with a side wall l9. Attached to the lower edge of the side wall H! by means of solder, spot welding or similar expedient is a channelled inlay 2D, the sides of the inlay extending on both sides of the wall IS. The bag lining II, and the bag covering material I2, is positioned in the inlay between the walls thereof and the side wall 5 9, after which the walls of the inlay are pressed inwardly towardsthe wall H! to clamp the covering material and the lining tightly in position.

From the abovedescription it will be seen that I have provided a simple and rigid frame member having means for conveniently and easily attaching bag covering material and lining to opposite sides thereof.

It will be noted that the flanges 1 and. 8 protect the bag covering material from wear, and it is only necessary to plate and polish the flange 8 as both surfaces of the side wall of the frame member are covered.

By striking out tabs of the side Walls of the frame member as shown in Fig. 3, there is pro- Struck out from the wall 6 and pro-' vided a rigid structure and a simple means for securing inlays thereto. The scalloped edge as shown in Fig. 4, in which the scallops serve as tabs, likewise provides a simple structure having great rigidity.

The frame herein described obviously can be formed from a single blank of suitable material and the bending back of flange 1 upon itself to produce the flange 8 provides an extremely rigid structure.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously many embodiments may be constructed including many modifications, without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A bag frame member having a side wall with its upper edge bent at right angles thereto to provide a flange, said flange being bent back upon itself to provide a flange projecting to the opposite side of said wall, and spaced tabs struck out from said wall, said tabs projecting alternately in opposite directions and opening towards said flange.

2. In a hand bag, a frame member having a vertical wall and a horizontal portion to provide a substantially T-shape, tabs struck out from said vertical wall, said tabs projecting alternately in opposite directions and opening towards said horizontal portion, and bag covering material and lining secured to said wall by means of said tabs.

3. In a hand bag, a frame member having a side wall with its upper edge bent at right angles thereto to provide a flange, said flange being bent back upon itself to provide a flange projecting to the opposite side of said Wall, spaced tabs struck out from said wall, said tabs projecting alternately in opposite directions and opening towards said flange, bag covering material secured by tabs projecting in one direction, and lining secured to said Wall by the tabs projecting in the opposite direction.

4. In a hand bag, a frame member having a vertical wall and a horizontal portion, tabs struck out from said vertical wall, said tabs projecting alternately in opposite directions and opening towards said horizontal portion, and bag covering material and lining secured to said wall by means of said tabs.

WILLIAM c. HIERING. 

